The Board has remanded the claims for increased ratings for bilateral lower extremity sciatic and femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy due to unclear attribution of symptoms. The TDIU claim prior to July 13, 2015, is also remanded as it may be significantly impacted by the outcome of the rating decisions.
The deciding factor: The Board cannot make a fully-informed decision on the issues without clarification regarding which symptoms are attributable to each nerve.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy, Right lower extremity femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy, Left lower extremity sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy, Left lower extremity femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22035331
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for increased ratings and TDIU as duplicative of a previously remanded case.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is necessary prior to final adjudication of the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations and effective dates for his service-connected right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy, and housebound rate.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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